On This Day

Monday, May 9, 1960

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 12 6 .667 --
Yankees 10 6 .625 1.0
Red Sox 8 7 .533 2.5
Indians 9 8 .529 2.5
Orioles 10 9 .526 2.5
Senators 8 10 .444 4.0
Tigers 5 10 .333 5.5
Athletics 6 12 .333 6.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 14 7 .667 --
Pirates 13 9 .591 1.5
Braves 9 7 .563 2.5
Reds 11 11 .500 3.5
Dodgers 11 12 .478 4.0
Cardinals 9 11 .450 4.5
Phillies 9 13 .409 5.5
Cubs 6 12 .333 6.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bob Allison 3
1 Norm Larker 3
3 Earl Battey 2
3 Reno Bertoia 2
3 4 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bob Allison 1
1 Jim Lemon 1
1 Bill Mazeroski 1
1 Charlie Neal 1
1 Bob Skinner 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Charlie Neal 3
2 Bob Allison 2
2 Earl Battey 2
2 Bill Mazeroski 2
2 Bob Skinner 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Aspromonte 1
1 Tommy Davis 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Camilo Pascual 1.83
2 Don Drysdale 1.62
3 Bob Friend 0.71
4 Ray Herbert 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Camilo Pascual 1
1 Larry Sherry 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 13
2 Camilo Pascual 11
3 Bob Friend 5
3 Ken Johnson 5
5 4 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Roger Maris .458
2 Willie Mays .425
3 Bob Allison .400
3 Bill Skowron .400
5 Pete Runnels .396

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Willie McCovey 8
2 Ken Boyer 6
2 Roberto Clemente 6
2 Woodie Held 6
2 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Willie McCovey 27
2 Roberto Clemente 23
3 Ernie Banks 21
4 Bill Mazeroski 20
4 Bill Skowron 20

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Vada Pinson 9
2 Willie Mays 7
3 Willie Kirkland 4
3 Bill Virdon 4
5 13 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Gerry Staley 0.00
2 Turk Farrell 0.93
3 Bob Friend 1.50
4 Gary Bell 1.59
4 Hal Brown 1.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vern Law 4
1 Mike McCormick 4
1 Larry Sherry 4
4 Gary Bell 3
4 8 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 55
2 Bob Friend 43
3 Camilo Pascual 42
4 Gary Bell 37
5 Larry Sherry 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Henry 5
2 Roy Face 4
2 Lindy McDaniel 4
4 Ryne Duren 3
4 Turk Farrell 3

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tito Francona .356
2 Joe Cunningham .348
3 Harvey Kuenn .342
4 Hank Aaron .338
5 Willie Mays .325

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ernie Banks 43
2 Eddie Mathews 39
3 Rocky Colavito 38
4 Hank Aaron 36
5 2 tied 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ernie Banks 138
2 Hank Aaron 117
3 Frank Robinson 111
4 Gus Bell 110
5 Rocky Colavito 108

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Luis Aparicio 55
2 Willie Mays 32
3 Vada Pinson 27
4 Jim Gilliam 24
5 Orlando Cepeda 23

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Roger Craig 2.31
2 Sam Jones 2.41
3 Camilo Pascual 2.55
4 Hoyt Wilhelm 2.60
5 Vern Law 2.66

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sam Jones 22
2 Vern Law 20
3 Bob Shaw 19
3 Warren Spahn 19
3 Early Wynn 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Don Drysdale 246
2 Camilo Pascual 211
3 Sam Jones 202
4 Jim Bunning 191
5 Sandy Koufax 182

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Lindy McDaniel 19
2 Ryne Duren 17
2 Bill Henry 17
4 Turk Lown 16
5 2 tied 15